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New Zealand: Trade Statistics

Exporter Rank

45 / 121

Importer Rank

46 / 121

Trade Balance Rank

67 / 121

Total Trade [1]

Total Exports (2017) $38,050,286,199
Total Imports (2017) $40,128,439,163
Trade Balance (2017) ($2,078,152,964)
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2016) [2] 25.82%
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (2016) [2] 25.51%

Trade Partners [1]

Export Partners

Top 10 Export Countries

Country Export USD$
China $8,482,093,069
Australia $6,252,047,932
United States $3,781,111,955
Japan $2,275,543,956
South Korea $1,059,761,886
United Kingdom $1,028,107,926
Hong Kong $875,991,226
Singapore $810,018,118
Malaysia $721,972,546
Indonesia $684,053,643

Import Partners

Top 10 Import Countries

Country Import USD$
China $7,748,410,971
Australia $4,910,884,426
United States $4,286,936,568
Japan $2,960,723,532
Germany $2,142,503,148
Thailand $1,889,662,228
United Arab Emirates $1,422,244,784
South Korea $1,421,114,761
Singapore $1,371,514,051
Malaysia $1,255,400,535

Traded Goods [1] (at the 2-digit HS Code level)

Top 10 Export Goods

HS Code Export USD$
(04) Dairy Products $10,200,769,232
(02) Meat $4,697,064,060
(44) Wood $3,298,558,668
(08) Fruit & Nuts $1,891,597,311
(22) Beverages $1,395,628,900
(99) Items nesoi $1,269,075,331
(84) Industrial Machinery $1,165,785,947
(03) Seafood $1,142,535,567
(19) Cereal, Flour & Starch $1,067,397,875
(21) Prepared Foods $893,491,820

Top 10 Import Goods

HS Code Import USD$
(87) Motor Vehicles & Parts $6,337,530,187
(84) Industrial Machinery $5,794,534,722
(27) Oil & Mineral Fuels $3,783,978,670
(85) Electrical Machinery $3,327,815,753
(39) Plastics $1,543,735,951
(90) Precision Instruments $1,201,920,759
(30) Pharmaceuticals $943,288,155
(94) Furniture $824,383,788
(73) Iron & Steel Articles $777,762,439
(88) Aircraft $724,370,137

Sources:

  1. UN Comtrade (2017) except where stated otherwise.
  2. The World Bank. Accessed: 9/22/2018
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